Team 701 Testing Intake to Shooter Ball Transfer

[Libby K]

Originally Posted by Ty Tremblay

I find solid easier to weld. With the use cases it's going to see in FRC, hollow is plenty strong enough.

We tend to use the aluminum connectors for the hollow (instead of welding) and it's worked like a charm for us.

The trick with hollow & the connectors is to 1) get a straight cut on the tube for both ends, and 2) not to reuse an end once you've pulled the connector out. Snip it a little bit so the scratched-up part is gone, and you've got a really solid belt even when re-using the connector.

[seg9585]

Originally Posted by bEdhEd

Here is our first test of transferring the boulder from the back roller of our intake to the shooter. We don't expect to be driving the shooter wheels this fast for the intake.

We had a similarly fast intake prototype as well!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk9x4h21hoI